NOTABLE WOMEN
Living in Mytilene on Lesbos, this ancient poet wrote of a community called a thiasos
Sappho
Mork from Ork
Robin Williams
Worker bees build this structure & storage area in the hive from wax they produce
Honeycomb
It's a synonym for a chest of drawers or a government agency
A bureau
Humans have 22 pairs of nonsex these & one pair of non-nonsex
Chromosomes
Betty Williams & Mairead Corrigan won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1976 for trying to end the violence here
Northern Ireland
Godmother on "Fleabag"
Olivia Colman
Emmentaler is what we call this, & for the record, the holes aren't called holes but eyes
Swiss cheese
Note & beak are both 4-letter synonyms for this 4-letter word
Bill
The standard model of particle physics accounts for 3 of the 4 fundamental forces, skipping this one, important in daily life
Gravity
Steph Curry & Chelsea Clinton are 2 typical people who got early education at a school bearing her name
Montessori
Elliot Alderson on "Mr. Robot"
Rami Malek
In Colonial America, this instrument with holes for the head & hands put the "P" in "punishment"
Pillory
Words for a comic entertainer at a royal court include fool, buffoon, merry-andrew & this 6-letter word
Jester
It's the type of ionization chamber heard here, a measuring device that non-physicists never want to hear working hard nearb
A Geiger counter
Formerly known by this numerical name, the Opportunity in Education Act now bears Hawaii Representative Patsy Mink's name
Title IX
Real-life crime boss Bumpy Johnson on "Godfather of Harlem"
Forest Whitaker
His children's book "Holes" earned him a 1999 Newbery Medal
Louis Sachar
Literally, your upper canines; figuratively, something of great value
Eyeteeth
It's the study of fishes, all 30,000 or so species of them
Ichthyology
Famous for her dying swan solo, this Russian ballerina was the most celebrated dancer of her time
Pavlova
In full prosthetic makeup, convicted killer Pam Hupp in 2022's "The Thing About Pam"
Renée Zellweger
This Brit was known for his hole-y abstract sculptures like "Recumbent Figure"
Henry Moore
Starting with the same first 2 letters, this synonym for "rural" can also mean rough or simple, like unfinished furniture
Rustic
With hard work & strong acid, you can get the original metals from alloys, like this partner of zinc out of brass
Copper